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Colin Norgate
Managing Director UK WebXtras Division
Phone: +44 (0)7785 736 150
colin.norgate@webxtras.co.uk

Terry Ulrick
Terry Ulrick Communications
Phone: +44 (0) 1444 831918
terryulrick@tucommunications.co.uk

WebXtras Expands Its Consumables Portfolio with tesa's EasySplice® Tapes for Its Newspaper, Publication Gravure and Heatset Magazine Markets

London - February 22, 2004 -- WebXtras, Sun Chemical UK's market leading consumables division is expanding its product range with the addition of tesa adhesive tapes under a "focused distributor arrangement" with tesa UK Ltd..

Launched in May last year as an on-line consumables ordering service to the publication gravure, newspaper coldset and heatset magazine printing sectors, WebXtras has grown rapidly both adding to its national customer base and enhancing the management and information service available online at www.webxtras.co.uk

Available to printers round the clock WebXtras has provided an efficient one-stop service for a comprehensive product range from fount solutions to blankets, from gloves and goggles to silicones.

And now WebXtras is moving into reel handling with its 25-strong sales and technical team offering, face to face and online, knowledge of tesa's EasySplice product range. This covers tapes for butt joins, web-mending, reel-tabbing, web feeding and core starting and are marketed under the brand names -teas EasySplice® Printline, EasySplice® Detect and EasySplice® Heat.

tesa AG of Hamburg is Europe's largest adhesive tape manufacture covering industrial, packaging, stationery, office and consumer DIY markets. The company is a member of the international Beiersdorf Group which operates in over 100 countries, employs over 16000 staff worldwide and markets the world's largest skincare brand - NIVEA. tesa has operated in the UK since 1983 and has its headquarters at Milton Keynes.

Special "Product Champions", who are experts in the use of and application of the tesa tape range, will form part of the WebXtras team and have a major role in the support being offered to customers in this technically demanding product sector.

WebXtras managing director Colin Norgate says: "Both tesa and Webxtras are seeking increased market share and we believe that together we can both achieve our aims. The excellent and long established tesa range of tapes will prove a welcome addition to our fast growing product portfolio and give our web printing customers even further choice ."

E-mail: terryulrick@tucommunications.co.uk For more information at WebXtras please contact Colin Norgate on 07785 736150. A digital image of tesa tape in action on a reelstand is available from Terry Ulrick.